db.r7i.16xlargevsdb.r8i.16xlarge

db.r7i.16xlarge is 5% cheaper than db.r8i.16xlarge on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $292.00 a month. Per vCPU, db.r7i.16xlarge costs 52% less.

At a glancedb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
On-demand$8.00/hr5% less$8.40/hr
Lowest rate$5.36/hr5% less1-yr reserved, no upfront$5.628/hr1-yr reserved, no upfront
Size64 vCPUs, 512 GiB32 vCPUs, 512 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Optiondb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge vs db.r7i.16xlarge
On-demandPay by the hour$8.00$8.40▲ 5%
1-yr reservedNo upfront33% off$5.3633% off$5.628▲ 5%
3-yr reservedNo upfront—53% off$3.948—
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$6.4020% off$6.72▲ 5%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where db.r7i.16xlarge leads
On-demand price$8.00 vs $8.40 per hour
5% cheaper
vCPUs64 vs 32
2× higher
Where db.r8i.16xlarge leads
Sustained clock3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
22% higher
Network baseline30 Gbps vs 25 Gbps
20% higher

Specs

9 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 8 differdb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
vCPUs6432
Physical cores3232
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids 8488C)Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
BurstableNoNo
MemoryAll 1 matchdb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Memory (GiB)512512
Networking3 of 3 differdb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Network25 Gbps30000 Megabit
Network baseline25 Gbps30 Gbps
Network peak25 Gbps30 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchdb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth20,000 Mbps20,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,500 MB/s2,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,00080,000
EBS max IOPS80,00080,000
Instance details2 of 4 differdb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Familyr7ir8i
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor256–
Other1 of 1 differdb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlarge
Hardware Basisr7i.16xlarger8i.16xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for db.r7i.16xlarge first. PostgreSQL, USD per hour.

Regiondb.r7i.16xlargedb.r8i.16xlargeDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$8.00$8.40▲ 5%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$8.00$8.40▲ 5%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$8.00$8.40▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$8.16$8.57▲ 5%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$8.224$8.635▲ 5%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$8.64$9.07▲ 5%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.96$9.41▲ 5%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$8.96$9.41▲ 5%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$8.96$9.41▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$9.12$9.58▲ 5%
EU (London)eu-west-2$9.408$9.88▲ 5%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$9.408$9.88▲ 5%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$9.408$9.88▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$9.60$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$9.60$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$9.60$10.08▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$9.60$10.08▲ 5%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$9.76$10.25▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$10.08$10.58▲ 5%
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$10.56$9.58▼ 9%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$12.72$13.229▲ 4%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

db.r7i.16xlargeMemory optimized, r7i family
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AWS RDS PostgreSQL prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.